Jezebel: Unicef

H&M Launches Kinda Unintentionally Ironic UNICEF Intiative

Jenna Sauers — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:11:00 EDT

Fast-fashion giant H&M is developing a new line of children's clothing that partly benefits UNICEF. Twenty-five per cent of the proceeds from H&M's "All for Children" line, which hits stores in October, will go to the charity. Reports Women's Wear Daily, the funds will be used "to promote children's rights to education and protection in vulnerable communities," particularly in southern India and Bangladesh. It cannot have escaped H&M's notice that Bangladesh and India are two of the countries where many of the child laborers who are employed in terrible circumstances making clothing for foreign retailers — including probably H&M — live; it's not impossible that children might even end up sewing some of the very clothes intended to be sold to fund UNICEF's anti-child labor initiatives. The rag trade is notoriously dangerous and low paying to workers of all ages; last year, 21 Bangladeshi workers died in a fire at a garment factory that supplied H&M and other brands. [WWD] More »

Former First Daughters In Royal Company

Margaret Hartmann — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 18:10:00 EDT

[New York, October 21: President and CEO of the U.S. fund for UNICEF Caryl Stern and former first daughters Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Bush attend the 1st Annual Unicef Masquerade Ball at The Angel Orensanz Foundation. Image via Getty.] More »

What Exactly Are The Bush Twins Supposed To Be At This Masquerade?

Sadie Stein — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 10:30:00 EDT

Remember when Halloween was all about filling that little orange Unicef box with pennies? For some celebs, it still is. At least, the Unicef part. More »

Tyra Turns To Fiction; Lady Gaga Will Take Your Questions Now

Jenna Sauers — Tue, 11 May 2010 11:30:00 EDT

Tyra Banks has signed a deal to write three YA novels that will marry modeling with Harry Potter — the protagonist having been accepted into an academy for "intoxibellas," or supermodels-in-training who "harbor unknown powers." What, no vampires? [Galleycat]

Domestic Violence Made Visual

Katy Kelleher — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:40:00 EDT

This disturbing chart, via Feministing, shows the percentage of women, aged 15-49, broken down by country, who believe it is OK for their husbands to hit them. Even 1% would be horrible, but Jordan's 90% is downright heartbreaking. [Feministing, GlobalHealth] More »

Kate Moss Destroys Hopes Of Kills Fans; Emma Watson To Design Own Line?

TatianaTheAnonymousModel — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:30:00 EDT

One of the hazards of dating a rock star: When, mid-fight, you want to throw some of his stuff into a pool, there's a slight risk that he might have unreleased, non-backed-up new songs among his personal effects. [Mirror]

Nigeriens, Iraqis Denounce Female Genital Mutilation

Margaret Hartmann — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:30:00 EDT

Promising news in the campaign against female genital mutilation: 10 villages in Niger have publicly denounced the practice and the parliament in Iraq's northern autonomous region of Kurdistan is preparing to issue a ban. More »

Pregnant Teens Face Great Risks

Katy Kelleher — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:20:00 EST

A new report released by UNICEF indicates that teen pregnancies pose great risk to the health of the mother, with teens five times more likely to die in childbirth than women in their 20s. More »

SOS

Sadie Stein — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:20:00 EST

We know Rihanna and Gucci's tattoo heart campaign is to benefit UNICEF, and it's obviously a good cause, so should we not admit that we find the new ad to be simultaneously the most boring and hilarious thing we've ever seen? For those of you who can't have the pleasure of immediate gratification: it's basically just Rihanna and this purse posturing in front of a camera making significant faces while some weird smooth jam plays. Sometimes she and/or the purse (which is ugly) are kind of suspended in space. It's awesome. [Just Jared] More »

Fashion Designers Continue To Be Full Of Political Opinions

Sadie Stein — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:30:00 EST

Only one more day of having to listen to designers opine about politics! Marc Jacobs' L.A. windows are "set up with the Republicans menacingly on one side (with a particularly freaky-looking W) and brightly dressed Obama voters/supporters on the other. There's also a gun-toting Palin with a letter posted next to her image, which reads as follows: Dearest Citizens, I believe in, 1) No choice for you gals. 2) Creationism for you kids. 3) No rights for you gays and lesbians. 4) Everyone should own a gun! You gotta believe in something, baby!" [Racked]
Stella McCartney throws an Obama-themed tea. I guess eating his face is an endorsement. [WWD]
Meanwhile, Henri Bendel stays neutral: "Today, the store will unveil its bipartisan windows featuring a group of five mannequins dressed in the latest cocktail dresses from Chloé & Reese and Greta Constantine. The girls are flanked by red and blue polling booths, each one representing a political party. Today, each mannequin can be seen with a large question mark above its head, but Wednesday morning, the question marks will be removed and the group will be placed in front of the winning voting booth. Several pounds of confetti will be thrown over the group in celebration of that party’s win." [WWD]

Sofia Coppola Overcomes Pitfalls Of Privilege To Design For Louis Vuitton

Sadie Stein — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:30:00 EDT

Newly-minted Louis Vuitton designer Sofia Coppola's road was not an easy one. "At the age when Marie-Antoinette was facing the rigid etiquette of the court of Versailles, the 15-year-old Coppola was working as an intern at Chanel in Paris, a city that her parents had always loved." No wonder, then, that "Coppola drew on a well of personal experience for the accessories. A gilded wedge ankle-strap sandal (€500) was stirred by the memory of her mother's Yves Saint Laurent shoes in the 1970s." We love a rags to riches story. [IHT]
What Not To Wear good cop Clinton Kelly has thrown his hat into the competitive fabulosity ring. "In Freakin’ Fabulous: How to Dress, Speak, Behave, Eat, Drink, Entertain, Decorate, and Generally Be Better Than Everyone Else, Kelly begins by taking the reader through his long journey toward “fabulousness,” which started prepuberty. 'While other kids on the elementary school playground were trading baseball cards and playing kickball, I was silently debating whether to spend my first paycheck on Italian suede driving shoes or on a cashmere coat,' he writes." [WWD]
Designers won't loan gowns to Mad Men's resident bombshell Christina Hendricks! Too "curvy!" [Ephemerist]

Madonna Makes The Stars Shine For Malawi

Jennifer — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 10:00:00 EST

Madonna and Gucci teamed forces last night to raise awareness (and money) for UNICEF's efforts to aid Malawi, the African country beset, like many, from epidemics of AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis. (It is also the nation where Madonna's adopted son David was born.) But onto the clothes! Maybe it's because red carpet regulars were deprived of all their usual awards shows, but they really packed a punch last night. Sure Madonna and little Lourdes looked sweet and polished, but Becki Newton's dress made my heart skip a beat and Ellen Pompeo turned from a fashion don't into a fashion do literally overnight. (As for Rachel Zoe? She looked more terrifying than usual in hot pink.) The good, the bad, and the ugly, after the jump. More »

Pregnant Angelina Continues To Work For World Peace

Dodai Stewart — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 09:00:00 EST

Angelina Jolie is in Iraq, and has meetings with Gen. David Petraeus, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and Iraqi migration officials. Oh, and she's sleeping with Brad Pitt, has four kids and is probably pregnant with twins. What are you doing today? [Yahoo News]

Suri Cruise Is Going To Grow Up So Grounded

Jennifer — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 11:30:00 EST

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2-year old Suri Cruise has custom-made Christian Louboutins, making her the red-soled footwear company's youngest client ever. [NY Post]

Fake WASP Tory Burch Designs Collection "Inspired" By Fake WASP Martha Stewart

Jennifer — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:00:00 EST

Tory Burch is designing a line inspired by old pictures of Martha Stewart, back from when Martha Stewart looked sort of like a pretty version of Tory Burch. [As I'm sure you can imagine, Jennie, who loves both WASPs and fashion-pop culture collabos like the proverbial fat kid loves cake, is in a corner somewhere heaving in ecstasy. Hey Jennie, Ralph Lauren called, and he's got a message for you! "I Am Your Father." -Moe] [Fashion Week Daily]

Posh Gets Glamour Editor Cindi Leive Thrown Out Of Boutique

Jennifer — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 10:00:00 EDT

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Glamour editor-in-chief Cindi Leive learned what it really feels like to be "just like us" when she got booted out of Parisian boutique Colette because Victoria Beckham had arrived to shop. And uh, Leive was in the middle of getting changed in the dressing room. Ouch. [Fashion Week Daily]